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Article: Evacuations From Beirut Pick Up Speed
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- July 21, 2006
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - U.S. Marines pushed baby carriages and lifted children into transport boats Friday as Americans desperate to flee the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon lined up near Beirut's port as a massive evacuation operation picked up speed.
Up to 5,000 U.S. citizens are slated to leave - the largest number in three days.
The boats ferried the Americans from a Lebanese military base north of Beirut to warships waiting offshore.
"It is very well organized, but as you can imagine with large crowds, it takes time," said George Tarzi, 55, a jeweler from New York who said he had been waiting for seven hours to get on a boat.
U.S. officials, still smarting from criticism over delays in ...